The Oregonian editorial board has an editorial that anyone concerned about student privacy should read. It begins: The University of Oregon claims it was only trying to clarify the privacy policy of its counseling center when it rewrote guidelines describing exceptions to confidentiality for students who seek help. It clarified it, all right – that…
Category: Youth & Schools
When a university invades a student’s privacy… to save her soul
You may not be familiar with the religious terms, but you’ll understand the issue. Shafiqah Othman writes: It was early in the morning and I had already received some appalling news from a good friend of mine. The administrators of her university had hauled her in to say they had monitored her Twitter and Facebook…
TX: ‘New Deal’ leader leaks VP’s GPA: FERPA breach?
The Houstonian is the student newspaper of Sam Houston State University. One of their reporters, Jay R. Jordan, reported a possible privacy leak involving the student government: Allegations of FERPA law violations erupted after student government Senator Troy Ross included SGA Vice President Brooke Hunter’s GPA in an appeal to the SGA Supreme Court but refused…
University of Oregon quietly diminishes privacy protections at student counseling center, despite promises
Richard Read reports: University of Oregon Provost Frances Bronet acted decisively last month after the school received nationwide criticism for accessing a rape survivor’s therapy records for a lawsuit. Bronet assured students in a March 20 memo that UO’s counseling center would keep records confidential barring extraordinary circumstances. She urged them to use university mental-health services without fear. Meanwhile, The Oregonian/OregonLive has learned, the…